Legal Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

degrees Fahrenheit) is no longer feasible, and emphasized that if we move faster, we can keep it as far below 2 degrees C as possible—the fallback target in the Paris Agreement. The IPCC could have declared that limiting average global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 In fact, it sort of did. “In Declaring 1.5

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

For two or three weeks, climate politics gets intense worldwide news coverage. This year’s meeting was also “CMP16” (the 16 th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol of 1997), and CMA3 (the 3 rd meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Paris Agreement of 2015). Then things move on.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

This is in total opposition to the US commitment under the Paris Agreement to achieve a 50-52 percent emissions reduction below 2005 levels by 2030, and net-zero by 2050. This year’s projections are a bit grim. EIA also recently reported that US coal exports increased 23% between 2020 and 2021.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Last year, climate negotiators in Glasgow finalized the Paris Agreement rulebook for international cooperation through carbon markets, clearing the way for the expansion of emissions trading and carbon pricing worldwide. – Continual reform to improve ambition, integrity, and buy-in.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. Civil law cases. In September 2017, in Sendai Citizens v.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward. But the problem is that as of today, such instruments or institutions hardly exist.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The CPP doesn’t fully disclose our holdings, it’s still investing billions of dollars in fossil fuels, and it doesn’t seem to have a credible climate plan. Pension funds are facing increasing pressure to create and implement investment strategies aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. billion AUM. Laurie Adkin.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

The demand statement focuses on upholding Indigenous rights and respecting Indigenous knowledge, bold and ambitious climate action (including phasing out fossil fuels and guaranteeing a just transition to a sustainable clean energy economy), protecting and restoring nature and establishing environmental rights in Canada.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Presumably Dagsvik and Moen are used to this kind of model, but they seem to be inexperienced with the models used for weather and climate, which on the other hand are based on the laws of physics. We know from previous experience that it is likely that such cases will be used uncritically and selectively for political and economic goals.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The claim is grounded on the constitutionally recognized right to a healthy environment; fundamental rights such as the right to life, dignity, health, food, and housing; along with several recognized principles of international environmental law and international climate change commitments. The decision was appealed. In PSB et al.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

international climate change agreement. the Paris Agreement) that will require periodic, rigorous accounting and management of total national emissions. Most recently, on September 3, 2016 the United States and China honored their earlier agreement by depositing their instruments of ratification with the United Nations to.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Each community is distinct, with their own traditions, laws, and customs. The complaint argues these violations stem from insufficient climate mitigation targets, as well as a general failure to cease to promote fossil fuel extraction and use. Their cultures, societies, and economies rely heavily on their ecosystem.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Some events last week sent a strong signal that the tide is turning against fossil fuels. To paraphrase Churchill, this may not be beginning of the end for fossil fuels, but at least it is the end of the beginning of the campaign against them. Each of the events standing alone would have been noteworthy.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There was no progress on getting national governments to state stronger ambitions in their NDCs, in the additional specification of global targets, or even in non-binding language regarding intentions to cut fossil fuels. C ambition from Paris. There was even, briefly, alarm that the COP might fail to re-affirm the 1.5°C

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In the 2015 Paris Agreement , Article 8 acknowledged the importance of L&D and the accompanying decision 1/CP.21 This post is based on work done in the Fall 2022 UCLA Emmett Institute’s Clinic on International Climate Change Law and Policy, with contributions by Veronika Bagi, Karen Meacham, Wietske Merison, and Melissa Rodrigues.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 19, 2022

Thermal coal is the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel and increases global carbon pollution putting all countries at risk from the disastrous impacts of climate change. . Coal power generation must be reduced to 80 per cent below 2010 levels by 2030 and be phased out before 2040 in order to meet targets set out by the Paris Agreement. .

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. United States , No.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 18, 2024

We’re in a race for lithium, copper, cobalt, nickel, and other critical minerals needed to move away from fossil fuels. These debates were the focus of the Emmett Institute’s all-day symposium on Friday, March 8 at the UCLA School of Law. UCLA Law Professor William Boyd began Panel One with some staggering numbers.

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Vermont Law

MAY 2, 2023

Political controversies and fear of litigation may have played a role. But at such a critical point in our struggle to mitigate climate change, is more fossil fuel extraction really what we need? Politics aside, the Biden Administration may have felt forced to approve this project. emissions 50% below 2005 levels by 2030.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

There are even indications that near-term cuts might be easier to achieve for methane than for CO 2 , for a mix of technical, economic, and political reasons. CO 2 is at about 410 parts per million by volume (ppm) in the air, about 50% higher than before the start of large-scale fossil-fuel use. Atmospheric concentrations.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 16, 2021

The SEC also required registrants to address the material effects of compliance with environmental laws and describe their human capital resources to the extent material to an understanding of the business. Her key takeaways were (1) “[t]here is no general requirement under the securities laws to reveal all material information.

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A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2022

Already President Biden had come under criticism for not being ambitious enough and for not moving away from fossil fuels fast enough. And once again the Supreme Court favoured conservative social views. This latest setback will further dismay climate advocates and activists, not just in the US but across the world.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 14, 2023

Photo credit: GRIDArendal on Visualhunt Antitrust – a previously dormant area of law and federal enforcement – has reached a new zenith in recent years. Most of the rhetoric and activity has occurred in the first two categories in the US, so we focus there, in an effort to differentiate political narratives from legal reality.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

To help voters determine which candidates would deliver the needed course correction, Environmental Defence and its allies in the Ontario Priorities Working Group asked each of the province’s major political parties whether – and how – they would deliver the rapid emissions reductions Ontario will need to head off climate catastrophe. .

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2021

The survey revealed that in the absence of federal guidance, these actors generally seized the opportunity to follow economic and social forces to move away from fossil fuels. Support for renewable energy crossed the partisan aisle, a rarity in today’s highly polarized politics. student at Berkeley Law in the class of 2022.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The concern stems from the fact that energy companies value fossil fuel reserves as assets. However, in light of current political and social action regarding climate change, many believe that energy companies will not be able to utilize all fossil fuel reserves. pledged to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 9, 2023

One year on, we have a clearer picture of what we vaguely knew already: the biggest-ever climate law and its robust tax incentives is igniting the clean energy transition but is not moving us off fossil fuels fast enough. That’s a political question as we approach an election year and that’s where I’m going to start.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

So for my last Climate Law and Policy class at UCLA Law this semester, I once again asked my students to tell me what they are thinking about the future of climate policy in light of today’s global circumstances, keeping in mind lessons we’ve learned through the semester. –Sean Post, JD 2022. –Polina Hristova, LLM 2022.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Maryland County Filed Climate Change Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies and Trade Group. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati. and non-U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

Very soon, President Biden is expected to sign into law a budget reconciliation bill with historic climate provisions. Nevertheless, given the steep political obstacles along the way, the final bill is imperfect. It includes some provisions that could expand fossil fuel use or delay a transition away from them.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

He had campaigned on a platform of opposition to all things environmental and promised exponential growth in fossil fuels. He took the US back into the Paris Agreement, and pledged to slash 2005 carbon emissions in half by 2030. Four years ago, I wrote a post about the first year of the Trump Administration.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

With the help of dramatic personal intervention by Obama, what came instead was the Copenhagen Agreement, a non-binding framework that called for developed countries to submit their own emission targets. Many observers had completely written off Congress as a player in climate policy due to political gridlock.

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Legal Planet

JULY 24, 2023

The underlying theory is that Congress probably would want to decide rather than delegate “an issue of vast economic and political significance” to the executive branch. A shift from that to fossil fuel über alles seems like the kind of question that Congress would likely want to reserve for itself, and thus a “major question.”

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